help from holwood. a 17-minute documentary designed to sell the president reviews his first term. >> as president, the tough decisions that he would make would not only determine the course of a nation, but reveal the character of the man. tornado terror. powerful storms rip through southeastern michigan damaging more than 100 homes. and shooting suspect. a lawyer for the soldier accused of killing afghan civilians says his client did not want to be redeployed to afghanistan. >> he and the family were told that his tours in the middle east were over and then literally overnight that east were over and then literally overnight that changed. captioning funded by cbs >> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, march 16,

2012. good morning everybody. happy friday. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. president obama's reelection campaign has shifted into the next year. the president will attend a series of five fundraisers today in two states. last night the obama campaign released a slick hollywood produced documentary on the president's first term. susan mcginnis has details. >> good morning, betty. it is starting. the gop candidate have been hogging the spotlight for months now and the president has been out there at some events speaking sort of campaign-like. but you can really tell that he and the vice president are out there now and they're laying it on thick. >> when he faced his country -- >> president obama's campaign team is enlisting the help of hollywood. >> we would see rewards from tough decisions he had made. >> oscar winning actor tom hanks narrates this 17-minute campaign documentary that highlights president obama's first term.

the video is just the latest sign the president's reelection campaign is in full swing. today he flies to chicago and atlanta for fundraisers and he's starting to attack the republicans. >> we're starting to see a lot of politicians talking a lot but not doing much. >> vice president joe biden is traveling to battleground states and going after the gop candidates even harder. >> if you give any one of these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle class again. >> as the president's reelection campaign kicks into high gear, gop hopefuls continue their quest for delegates. getting ready for contests this weekend in missouri and puerto rico. rick santorum was in puerto rico on thursday and may have hurt his chances with spanish speaking voters. he told a newspaper that english would have to be the main language in the u.s. territory

were to become a state. he claims his comments were misrepresented. >> we understand that the people of different cultures speak different languages but we have a common language. that's what i was saying yesterday. >> mitt romney will be in puerto rico today after fundraising in illinois which holds its primary on tuesday. ron paul is in missouri. that contest is on saturday. newt gingrich is in louisiana. betty, that contest is in a week. >> susan mcginnis in washington for us. thank you. recovery efforts are under way this morning in southeast michigan where at least three reported tornadoes significantly damaged more than 100 homes. the slow-moving storm struck early thursday evening. along with hail and heavy rain, it destroyed at least 13 homes, downed trees and power lines. the small rural town of dexter west of detroit was hit hardest. >> shut the door and prayed and held hands and stuff. we kept calling our husbands and telling them not to come home.

>> search crews are going door to door. so far, there are no reports of serious injury. the united states and afghanistan is growing more complicated. on thursday, the taliban broke off reconciliation talks and afghanistan's president called for nato to immediately pull out of rural areas and to begin transferring security responsibility to afghan forces. now, another issue of contention between the u.s. and afghanistan is what to do with the american soldier accused of killing 16 civilians last weekend. on thursday, the army staff sar yent hired a lawyer. the accused soldier watched as a comrades leg was blown off. edward lawrence has our report. >> at this small base that he was at, somebody was dprafly injured the day before the alleged incident. gravely injured, which affected all of the soldiers there. >> attorney jon henry brown says

he spoke with his client only once and briefly. >> he was told that he was not going to be redeployed. they were -- >> by who? >> the family was counting on him not being redeployed. he and the family were told that his tours in the middle east were over and literally overnight that changed. >> brown's client is the still unnamed u.s. army staff sergeant accused in the massacre of 16 afghan civilians, mostly women and children. the shooting sparked outraged in afghanistan and across the muslim world and strained relations between the u.s. and afghan governments. the suspect is in military custody and his family moved to a military base for his safety. that's why his nachl is not revealed. i certainly would not reveal his name. there's serious concern about the safety. >> brown says his client served in iraq and was injured following an attack involved an improvised explosive device. >> it was a car accident as a result of an ied. brown says the army's

response will be a focus of his attention. >> i think it's of interest that we have a soldier who has exemplary record, decorated soldier who was injured in iraq to his brain and to his body and then despite -- >> brown has had other high-profile clients, the barefoot bandit and the serial killer, ted bundy. both men were convicted. edward lawrence, cbs news, los angeles. launching a satellite into orbit atop a long-range missile next month. a similar sa tempt in 2009 failed. this will mark the birthday of late president kim il-sung's birthday. this is nothing more than a test of north korea's missile technology. iranian banks will effectively be cut off from doing business outside the country. the company that is central

clearing ground for most international money transfers is blocking 30 iranian banks from using its service. this is part of the european union sanctions to try and prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. the action will deal a crippling blow to iranian oil dealings. on "moneywatch," big crowds for the launch of the new ipad and the upside for airline passengers this warmer winter. ashley morrison is in new york with more. >> mixed day for stocks. nikkei finished higher for a fourth straight day and the hang seng lost a fraction. wall street continues to surge. another positive employment report sent the s&p 500 above 1400 for the first time since 2008. the dow made it 7 straight positive days by adding 58 points. the nasdaq gained 15. apple's shares hit a record high thursday reaching $600 for the first time ever. that happened as thousands of people around the world started

lining up to buy the new ipad which goes on sale today. the first shoppers to get their hand on the tablet were in australia. here in the united states, walmart started selling it at midnight, a few hours before some apple stores. taxpayers are footing less of the bill for higher education these days. a report out today shows public colleges and universities now get 43% of the revenues from student tuition. that number was 30% as recently as ten years ago. the report found that public funding per student has fallen to the lowest level in 25 years. and frequent flyers have reason to celebrate the warmer winter. 84% of flights were on time. that is a record for january. the lack of snow made for fewer cancellations and no plane waited on the tarmac for more than three hours. betty, as someone who had that happen to them with a toddler, i can tell you that is good news. that will push you to a breaking

point. >> especially when you're stuck and nowhere to go. ashley morrison, you're not stuck any more. have a good weekend. the fight in texas over planned parenthood. it could leave thousands of low-income women without access to important healthcare. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪

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over planned parenthood has taken on a sharper edge. the federal government blocked millions in medicaid funds for poor women in texas. in response to the state's cut in funding for planned parenthood. anna werner has more. holly andrews says the plant parenthood clinic in her town of corsican a is her only option. breast cancer runs in her family. >> if i didn't have the women's healthcare program, i would not have my yearly mammogram, no. >> just would not at all? >> no. >> you don't have insurance. >> i don't have insurance. >> she's worried about a recent texas decision to exclude planned parenthood from that federal program, which provides free preventative services like breast and cervical cancer screenings to low-income women. >> are you mad? >> yeah! >> around the state, other women are protesting the decision.

planned parenthood serves 50,000 women in the program. the federal government says denying money to the organization, a qualified provider under medicaid rules, is illegal. so it's pulled $35 million in federal funding. governor rick perry defends the state's decision. >> we don't want planned parenthood and their affiliates who are in the abortion business engaged in this process. this is pretty straight up. >> but under federal law the money is not allowed to go to abortion at all. >> well, we would rather be very sure of it. >> governor perry says the state will find the money to replace the lost federal dollars. but jose coe macho, who heads the texas association of community health clinics wonders where that money will come from. >> if planned parenthood is cut out of the picture, can your centers pick up the slack?

>> we can pick up some of it, but there's no possible way that we can expand that quickly to take that many additional patients. >> you believe other providers will be able to pick up the slack? >> absolutely. >> what if they can't? >> but they can. i mean -- >> what if they can't? >> i'm not in the game of what ifs. >> for patients like holly andrews, what if also means what now. she doesn't know of any other clinic in her town where she can get medical services for free. anna werner, cbs news, corsican a, texas. straight ahead, your friday morning weather and in sports, 16th seed north carolina, asheville, gives it the old college tree against top seed syracuse. [ growling ] one step at a time. come on, snowy. look! did you ever see a more beautiful sight? captain! it's just a mirage. - snowy? what is it, boy? - [ barks ] what do you see? [ yipping ]

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my dentist recommended that i use pronamel to help harden that enamel so that it's not brushed away. pronamel protects your teeth from the effects of acid erosion. i don't have to cut out the things that i love in my diet. i can have the best of both worlds with pronamel. here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. new york, showers, 55. miami, partly sunny, 82. chicago, partly sunny, 60 degrees. dallas, partly sunny as well. 80. and l.a. a cloudy 67. time now for a check of the national forecast. rain and thunder showers will spread from central texas and oklahoma across much of the south. severe weather could hit parts of the southeast. thunderstorms are likely in the ohio and missouri valleys. and rain and mountain snow will continue from the northwest to the northern rockies. in sports, syracuse narrowly escaped making the wrong kind of ncaa history.

second round action in pittsburgh and 16th seed north carolina asheville led the orange at the half. it was back and forth after that. the bulldogs got within three points three times in the time minute. syracuse won 62-65 to avoid being the first top seed to lose to a number 6 team. the battle of the bluegrass state followed the expected script more closely. kentucky's terrence jones had 22 point and ten rebounds to lead the wildcats over western kentucky. 81-66. iowa state made it look easy against defending national champion connecticut. kris allen had 20 point for the cyclones who won 77-64. iowa state gets to try to knock down another top seed on saturday when it faces kentucky. but the cyclones have a rival for the giant killer crown. the cinderella. vcu's bradford burgess hit a key three-pointer with 1:33 left and the 12th seeded rams beat number

5 seed wichita state, 62-59. when we return, scared straight. shocking new ads aimed to get smokers to kick the habit.

here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., thunderstorms, 78. atlanta, thunder showers, 80. st. louis, thunderstorms, 80 degrees as well. denver is going to be sunny, 72. seattle, showers and 50 degrees. in health news, the federal government is launching a graphic new anti-smoking ad campaign. smoking kills 443,000 americans a year. so the new campaign pulls no punches as dr. jon lapook reports. >> this is terry. she's 51 years old and a victim of head and neck cancer. >> she's part of the new public

service announcement featuring disturbing images of former smokers. rosebud smith smoked for 28 years. >> even when i was having heart attacks, i still smoked a cigarette like during the heart attack. yes. >> cdc director thinks the ads are graphic and shocking. he says that's exactly the point. >> advertising works, hard hitting ads work and showing the reality of people's lives and what smoking does to your ability to live out your life as you want to live it, that's maybe the most motivating thing to get a smoker to quit. >> recent history backs him up. in 2006, new york city began a similar media campaign. physicians for the past decade there -- there have been higher taxes on and reap strixs on public smoking. in ten years, smoking rates dropped 35%. dr. tom farley is the new york city health commissioner. >> we have smoking rates in

teenagers below 8%. that's the lowest as far as we know in the country. >> nine out of ten smokers began by age 18. the government says this ad campaign is especially focused on preventing young people from starting to smoke. >> the head of the cdc says the $54 million cost of the program will be more than made up in a few years by the healthcare savings from preventing illnesses. currently, cigarette smoking costs nearly $100 billion in healthcare costs every year. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. former illinois governor, rod blagojevich is waking up in a federal prison in colorado this morning. he arrived thursday to begin serving a 14-year sentence on corruption charges for trying to sell president obama's old senate seat. before reporting to prison, he drove around littleton in a black suv for hours and even stopped at a restaurant to order a soda and took pictures with people. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning" shall the latest extreme sport. wall trampling.

wall trampling? all right. looking forward to that. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news."

. good morning. happy friday. we made it to friday. today is friday, march 16. i'm mike hydeck. here's howard bernstein. andrea roane will be with us in just a moment. monika santami is off. we'll start the shift and

continue on. we had a record yesterday. record warmth. 84 at dulles. bwi stayed in the 70s. you'll need a jacket this morning. it's not just in the 50s but a little bit damp out there. here's a look at your day planner. temperatures in the lower 50s with the clouds here but we've got some fog to the east. reports from prince frederick this morning. visibility about three-quarters after mile. drizzle in spots and even a couple of showers in one or two hours. temperatures should recover to the upper 60s by noon. then in the 70s by 5:00. the warm front lifts off toward the north but a threat also for a couple of thunderstorms. here are those showers i'm talking about. some thunderstorms earlier south or east of pittsburgh. you'll notice a few showers approaching the win chester area. on live doppler 9000hdcapon bridge, when is moving towards the east. you folks in martinsburg, charlestown, even straussburg,

you have some showers headed your way. temps are cool to the east. the marine air has moved in. south we've got the warmer air in fredricksburg at 57. tappahannock 62. that warmth should lift back north as winds turn to the southwest. mid-70s here. maybe 80 still well south of town but only the low 70s on the basement monika is off but leverry is in. -- beverly is in. she has a look at traffic. we're hoping for a light commute but with basketball and all that sort of stuff going on. in springfield you have to go north on 395, can't access it for now. the detour is in place. 395 north to edsall road. northbound through traffic coming up out of newington into springfield and on to 395. you had lanes open. road work on the outer loop as you head south in gallows road

towards springfield clearing out soon. the beltway at the american legion bridge running freely. in landover they're still picking up the road work on the right side of the ride. we begin with breaking news in an oo and an amber alert which was issue -- and an amber alert. the child has been found. >> he was picked up from a landover elementary school yesterday. the mother does not have custody of her son which led to the alert. delia goncalves is live with happy news. >> reporter: a happy end to this pretty scary story for young wilbert garcia's family. he was missing for nearly 20 hours. i just got off the phone with the public information officer for prince george's county schools who confirmed to me

that the boy wilbert garcia, the 9-year-old boy is safe. his mother is behind bars after she abducted him nearly 20 hours ago. police found the mother's car around 1:00 this morning after an intense search and that amber alert that i mentioned that went on for about nearly 20 hours. 9-year-old wilbert garcia is on his way home, back to maryland thankfully after police caught up with him and his 36-year-old mother sylvia garcia at the airport in reno, nevada at 3:00 this morning. school officials say his mother who does not have custody as we mentioned checked wilbert out of school in his fourth grade class just before 8:00 thursday morning claiming he had a doctor's appointment. clearly we know that was not the case. we don't know why they were out in reno, nevada but thankfully po